Mounting for electric motors.



A. DE KLEIST d1 S. A. SWANSON.

MOUNTING FORELECTRIC MOTORS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.23, 1915.

Patented Jim. 25, 1916.

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OF NORTH TONAWANDA, YORK,

ASSIGNOBS TO THE RUDOLPHIURLITZER MANUFACTURING COMIEALNY, OF 'NORTH TONAWLANDA, NEW YORK, A

.Improvements in Mountings for Electric Motors, of hich the following is a specification. y

This invention relates to a support or mounting designed more vespecially for the electric motors employed yfor driving the main bellows and other movable parts of I player-pianos and similar automatic instruments, but `the invention is not confined t0 mounting-s for that particular type of motors. Such motors, especially those of the alternating type, when rigidly mounted upon their supports, produce a humming noise by their vibration which is objectionable in such instruments.

n The chief object of our invention is the provision of a simple andv inexpensive mounting for such a sorb its vibrations and deaden the sounds resulting therefrom, producing a practically silent motor.

A further object is mounting that it can and repaired.

In the accompanying to so construct the be readily installed drawings: Figure 1 is a sectional front elevation of a playerpiano equipped with the improvement. ig. 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the motor and the mounting, the plane of theY sectional portion being on line 2-2, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a top plan Viewr of said parts. Fig'. 4 is a,rear view thereof.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding `parts in the several views.

41 indicates the casing of the electric motor, 2.and 3 the bearings of the armature shaft and L1"the driving pulley mounted on said shaft. In the example illustrated in the drawings, motion is transmitted from said pulley to a crank shaft 5 by.a belt 6 and a pulley 7 this crank shaft in turn actuatin the bellows pump 8 (shown by dotted lines through a link 9. l

The `rear portion of the motor 1s suspended from the driving belt 6, while its front 'portion is carried by a iexible or resilient block or cushion 10 of soft frubber or other Specification of Letters Patent.

AUGUST Dn KLEISTl motor which will ab' upper portion CORPORATION `OF NEW YORK.

suitable material. This block is mounted upon a suitable base which may be the bottom of the piano case, but preferably consists of a separate board 11, resting on said bottom, as shown. The base of the motor is provided at its front corners with the customary forked lugs 12 which rest upon the end portions of said block and are secured thereto by appropriate fastenings, such as vertical bolts 13. The headed lower ends of these bolts preferably terminate short of the base board 11, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, so as not to strike the same under the vertical vibrations of the front portion of the motor. The block 10 may be secured to its support 11 by any suitable means, the devices shown in the drawings consisting of a metallic clip or strap 11 bolted to said support at 15 and Aembracing the central portion of the block, and screws 16 arranged on opposite sides of said clamp.

Tension springs 17 connect the rear portions or corners of the motor-base with 'the base 11 and serve to keep the driving belt 6 'such a motor when rigidly mounted and rendering it noiseless. While efecting this desirable result, the device at the same time performs the additional function of an'eficient belt tightener.

To guard against displacementof the motor during shipment of the instrument, a suitable guide or retainer 18 is preferably employed. In the form shown in the drawings, this guide consists of a standard secured to the base 11 and provided in its with a vertical slot 19 in which the rear bearing 2 of the varmature shaft is free to play vertically but held from lateral' displacement in transit. This slot may be lined with felt 20 or other suitable sound' deadening material.

The motor can be readily removed for repairs or replaced by a new one, by simply loosening Patented ,J an. 25, 1916.

Application led April 23, 1915. Serial No. 23,435.

the nuts of the bolts 13 and detaching the upper ends of the springs 17 l from the motor-base. The blocklO can also be readily renewed when required.

While the improved mounting is herein shown and described in connection With an electric motor for a player-piano, it is also applicable to motors for other purposes.

We claim as our invention:

1. A motor-mounting comprising means for supporting-.one end of the motor, and a resilient block supporting the other end thereof. z

2. The combination of a motor, a driving belt for suspending one end ofthe motor, a tension device connected with the suspended end of the motor, and a resilient block supporting the other end of the motor.

3. The combination of a motor, a driving belt for suspending one end. of the motor, a resilient block supporting the other end of the motor, and a tension spring connected with the suspended end of the motor and tending to tighten said belt.

4:. The combination of a support, a resilient block secured between its ends vto said support a motor having one end of itslbase mounted on the end-portions of said block, and means for suspendingv the other end of the motor.

. 5. The combinationiof a support, aresili ent block secured to said support, a motor having one end of its base mounted on the end-portions of said block, means for fastening said base to the block, said means being lfor theP other end of the motor.

' 7. The combination of a support, a resilient block mounted thereon, a motor supported at one end on said block, suspending means for the other end of the motor, and means engaging the suspended end of the motor for holding it from lateral displacement.

8. The combination of a support, a resilient block mounted thereon, a motor support ed at one end on said block suspendin meansfor the other end of the motor, and an upright guide engaging the suspended end ofthe motor.

, 9. The combination of a support, a resilient block mounted thereon, a motor supported at one 'end on said block, suspendin means for the other end of the motor, an a standard mounted on said support at the suspended end of the motor and having a. vertical slot which receives the adjacent shaft-bearing of the motor.

AUGUST DE KLEIST. SELVIYOR A. SWAN SON. 

